Visual Studio's keybindings for Eclipse

Question

Does anybody have a keybinding scheme similar to VS 2005 available for Eclipse?

How to import it into preferences of Eclipse (I see only export button).

Answer 1

I don't have a VS2005 keybinding scheme as I personally prefer a Brief-style scheme.

However, to import "it", as far as I know (at least on Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede) use File -> Import -> General -> Preferences where "it" is a .prf file which has been saved out using File -> Export -> General -> Preferences.

Answer 2

Eclipse Ganymede has a built-in keybinding scheme for Visual Studio. Have you tried that?

Answer 3

I'm using Ganymede, and don't see a scheme for Visual Studio, only for Emacs and Default. Have been searching off and on for several days now for a VS scheme, but have not turned up anything.

Has the VS scheme been removed from Ganymede, and if so, is there a way to get it? Thanks.

Answer 4

This may help you making-eclipse-behave-like-visual-studio

Answer 5

Thanks, although I had previously read that page - it doesn't seem to provide any useful information about VS keybindings in Eclipse (even though the title sounds hopeful.)

Am I missing something? Thanks!

Answer 6

To get the Visual Studio key bindings in Eclipse you need to install the C++ development plugins - see this.

I downloaded the latest Java development version of Eclipse (version below), when to Help -> Software Updates -> Available Software -> Ganymede and ticked the C++ box. After a restart the Visual Studio key binding appeared in the list.

Eclipse Platform

Version: 3.4.1
Build id: M20080911-1700

Answer 7

I think the latest Eclipse ships with Visual Studio bindings but at least the Eclipse PDT doesn't (which I just installed). And I would prefer to not have lots of extra plug-ins in Eclipse to keep it more "slim", so I didn't add the C++ plug-in. (maybe it doesn't affect performance but I really need only the keys...)

So anyway, I added the keys which I needed. As previous posters noted, when you "Export" in the key customization there is no way to import them, so the separate File->Export/Import functionality is the way to go.

So, as summary:

1) Try add to Eclipse C++ plugin and see if it ships with key bindings that work for you

2) Use mine key bindings, key list and download here install: unzip, use File->Import->General... to get it to Eclipse

It's far from complete of course (it's only keys which I missed to get started...), but better than nothing anyway.

Update (2009-10-16): Added Ctrl+G (go-to-line) to the bindings.